B-Series Encryption Switch Fabric Rules - HP StorageWorks 4000/6000/8000 - Enterprise Virtual Arrays Reference Manual

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2 Advanced Zoning—The maximum zoning database size is as follows:
Note: Use the cfgsize command to determine the size of the zoning database.
ISL maximums
You can use all ports on all B-series Fibre Channel switches for ISLs, with a maximum of one half of
the total ISL port count configured to the same destination switch.
NOTE:
Some switches require licensing for additional ISL ports.

B-series Encryption Switch fabric rules

This section describes the fabric rules for the B-series Encryption Switches (HP StorageWorks Encryption
SAN Switch and HP StorageWorks Encryption FC Blade) and other factors you should consider when
building fabrics. These switches have a built-in encryption engine and contain 8 Gb/s Fibre Channel
ports (32 for the encryption switch, 16 for the encryption blade) and two GbE ports.
Table 29 describes the rules for creating fabrics with B-series Encryption Switches. For more information
about the security uses of these switches, see
security" on page 410. HP strongly recommends that you read the Brocade Fabric OS Encryption
Administrator's Guide at
encrypt_sanswitch/index.html?jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN
encryption switch or encryption blade.
Table 29 B-series Encryption Switch fabric rules
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1 Encryption blade can be installed in a DC SAN Director or DC04 SAN Director.
2 There is a maximum of four encryption blades per director.
3 There is a maximum of four encryption switches per encryption group.
4 There is a maximum of 16 encryption engines (with four Directors, each having four encryption
engines) per encryption group.
5
There is a maximum of 256
6
There is a maximum of 1,024
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This value is half the value of the actual limits supported in a high-availability cluster.
If all switches in a fabric are using firmware 5.2x (or later), the database size must not exceed
1 MB.
If the fabric contains 1 Gb/s switches with firmware 2.6.1x (or later), the database must not
exceed 96 KB.
If the fabric contains 2 Gb/s or 4 Gb/s switches with firmware 3.2.x (or later), the database
must not exceed 256 KB.
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physical targets per encryption switch or blade.
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before configuring a fabric using the
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physical initiators per encryption switch or blade.
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